THE SAN LEON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Humid Gulf Coastal Prairies setting.
San Leon CDP has 4.75 square miles of land in Galveston County. Its Census reference point is in Northern Humid Gulf Coastal Prairies, within Western Gulf Coastal Plain.
Low coastal plains extend along the western Gulf, contrasting with more irregular inland country. Grassland was the principal natural cover, with river corridors and coastal features adding local variation.
Regional context: Western Gulf Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
San Leon and Galveston County
San Leon is associated with Galveston County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
San Leon by land and water
The Census records 0.33 square miles of water within San Leon, or 6.5% of its total area. It is 50.1 percentage points lower than the 56.6% recorded for Galveston County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, San Leon CDP has 1.9 times the land area of nearby Bacliff CDP (2.54 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.